Ken Robinson Quotes
Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not - because the thing they were good at at school wasn't valued, or was actually stigmatized.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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You're dealing with all these foreign agents, foreign brushes, and different time zones. So, you have to put just as much work into taking that makeup off as you do into putting it on.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.
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Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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It's not my job to get really personal in how I express myself. I've met fans, and they've been lovely. But letting my personal life out there, I don't think is a good idea for me. I think the more you do that, the more you can be accused of encouraging that kind of attention.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold -
I just remember the early days of Tenacious D. There was no talk or thought about doing a TV show or a movie.
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Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
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I could feel my body temperature - I knew I was bright red. It was so humiliating, I was so upset, and it was nothing I had planned to do. It was just one of those beautiful moments, the alchemy of acting that is so mysterious, where you sort of go, "How did that come out of me?"
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By now, we all know that Hollywood producers always chase after the same properties, that the sharks circle simply because the other sharks are circling.
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Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not - because the thing they were good at at school wasn't valued, or was actually stigmatized.
